Captain, there be whales here! Fooled me for about 2 seconds as well. No, actually it appears to be your standard outdoor fountain with 5 geysers (presumably more out of frame) and a concrete observation deck hanging over it. The Lantana looks to be in full bloom. That dark facade reminds me of a defunct department store chain called The Treasury.

Oak Brook Shopping Center is one of the few thriving "big old malls" in Chicago area. Old Orchard is it's sister. We called them 'shopping centers', until the 80's when 'mall', arrived from Valley Girl lingo. Then most SC's changed their names to 'Xy Mall', even if it was tiny.

I worked at Marshall Field's 1985-86, and it was always busy, except January. No comment on the new name of Macy's coming soon.

It is still as busy as ever, and no signs of a 'deadmall' at all. Some of it is well presereved from 1960's, too.

Oak Brook is pretty much intact today. There've been the usual changes - including the forthcoming gut-wrenching Macy's switchover. The biggest change I remember from my childhood was the addition of more parking underneath the mall proper and/or easier access to it. The mall's gotten bigger, but is certainly not the size of a Woodfield.